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UNSATURATED PAPER [3 records]

Record 1 2011-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Materials
  • Roofs (Building Elements)
DEF

An unsaturated felt or paper used in certain applications to help prevent bitumen drippage...

OBS

... not to be confused with a saturated felt "laid dry" meaning "unmopped."

OBS

dry sheet: term officially approved by the Lexicon Project Committee (New Brunswick).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériaux de construction
  • Toitures (Éléments du bâtiment)
DEF

Papier ou feutre non saturé utilisé dans certains cas pour prévenir les coulures de bitume.

OBS

Ne pas confondre avec un feutre saturé posé à sec, c'est-à-dire sans être enduit à la vadrouille.

OBS

lambris sec : terme uniformisé par le Comité du projet de lexiques (Nouveau-Brunswick).

Spanish

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Record 2 2008-05-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Plastic Materials
  • Inks and Colour Reproduction (Graphic Arts)
DEF

An unsaturated long chain carboxylic acid amide which appears under the form of a ivory-colored powder and which is used as a slip agent, an anti-fogging or a lubricant for plastic films(polyolefin) which can be used in food packaging material, as a dispersant in printing and dying, in the paper and textile industry for water-proof as well as a corrosion inhibitor in oil wells.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Matières plastiques
  • Encres et couleurs (Industrie graphique)
DEF

Produit se présentant sous la forme d'une poudre fine, de couleur ivoire, utilisé dans l'industrie des plastiques, des colles et des encres.

Spanish

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Record 3 2000-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Paper
  • Roofs (Building Elements)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de papier
  • Toitures (Éléments du bâtiment)
OBS

Non bitumé.

Spanish

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